2015-07-30 Namibia Health

ProfNet Experts Available on Sandra Bland, Highway Trust Fund, Student Loans, More   
SYS-CON Media (press release)
NEW YORK, July 29, 2015 Below are experts from the ProfNet network that are available to discuss timely issues in your coverage area. ProfNet is a service that connects journalists with subject matter experts. Find out more at. You can also submit a ...
Violence makes school a nightmare   New Era (press release)

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People Magazine   

Youngest double hand transplant ever (+watch)   
New Zealand Herald
An 8-year-old boy who lost his hands and feet to a serious infection has become the youngest US patient to receive a double-hand transplant, surgeons said. Zion Harvey's forearms were heavily bandaged but his hands were visible as he flashed some big ...

2015-07-30 Namibia Science

BBC News   

Aurora found around brown dwarf beyond our Solar System   
BBC News
An aurora has been spotted outside our Solar System for the first time, scientists report. An international team detected the light display around a brown dwarf about 18 light years away in the Lyra constellation. They say the luminous glow looks like ...
Out of This World: Scientists Spot Aurora Beyond Our Solar System   NBCNews.com
Failed stars have aurora that glow a million times brighter than northern lights   Daily Mail
Brown dwarf's fiery aurora is out of this world...and solar system   CNET
Los Angeles Times   
The Seattle Times   
Washington Post   
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Christian Science Monitor   

Blue moon: What is it and where can you see it? (+video)   
Christian Science Monitor
Blue moon: An extra full moon on Friday will give astronomers, professional and amateur alike, the chance to look skyward once again. By Husna Haq, Correspondent July 29, 2015. Save for later Saved. close. The full moon rises over the illuminated Kazan ...

2015-07-30 Namibia Sports

Irish Examiner   

Michel Platini runs into storm after announcing FIFA candidature   
Financial Express
UEFA boss Michel Platini announced he would stand for president of world football's governing body FIFA today, and immediately ran into a storm of criticism from one of his potential rivals. By: AFP | July 30, 2015 8:23 AM ...

2015-07-30 Namibia Entertainment

Irish Independent   

Author Enright named on longlist for Booker prize   
Irish Independent
Acclaimed Irish author Anne Enright is among the 13 novelists in the running for the Man Booker Prize. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The Dubliner made the longlist for the coveted prize for her acclaimed ...
Man Booker Prize Longlist 2015: Literary agent Bill Clegg outdoes his clients ...   The Independent
Eileen Battersby: Readers the big winners in Man Booker longlist   Irish Times
Anuradha Roy, Sahota on Booker longlist   The Hindu
Daily News & Analysis   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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The Australian   

Jane Birkin asks Hermès to remove her name from crocodile-skin handbags   
The Australian
Jane Birkin wants to put some distance between herself and the world's most coveted handbag. The British actress has asked Hermès International SCA to have her name removed from its iconic Birkin bags made with crocodile skin, objecting to what she ...

2015-07-30 Namibia Technology

Sydney Morning Herald   

Why Windows 10 could make or break Microsoft's new emphasis on team work   
Sydney Morning Herald
Windows 10 is the latest and biggest proving ground of whether the new Microsoft is better at building software than the old one. Wednesday's release of the newest version of the company's operating system comes with typically high stakes. Microsoft ...
Windows 10: India will be a tough market for Windows 10, specially with ...   Firstpost
Microsoft's all-new Windows 10 OS draws positive reviews   IBNLive
Microsoft gears for turnaround with Windows 10   New Zealand Herald
Irish Independent   
PCWorld   
Times of India   
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Wall Street Journal   

Samsung Profit Falls, as Smartphone Sales Disappoint   
Wall Street Journal
SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. SSNHZ 0.00 % said net profit for the second quarter fell 8% from a year earlier as sales of the company's flagship Galaxy S6 smartphone fell short of expectations. The decline was the fifth straight year-over-year profit ...
Samsung Electronics sees profit fall 8% in the second quarter   BBC News
Samsung Electronics posts 8% fall in Q2 net profit   Economic Times
Samsung Q2 results signal further drop in profit   ZDNet
Reuters   
Financial Times   
Sydney Morning Herald   
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NBCNews.com   

Yahoo trumpets new mobile chat service featuring silent video   
The Seattle Times
Yahoo's new Livetext chat service combines traditional text messages with a silent video feed between the two people chatting. By Vindu Goel. The New York Times. Yahoo is quite late to the world of mobile messaging, but you've got to give it some ...
Yahoo finally gets its own free video messaging app - with a twist   Stuff.co.nz
Yahoo unveils LiveText instant messaging app, combines text and video but has ...   New York Daily News
Yahoo's Livetext messaging app has video, no audio   SFGate
FOX10 News   
Apple Insider   
Yibada (English Edition)   
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Macworld   

Google Translate app lets you see the world in your language   
KHON2
The update for Google Translate app lets you visually translate what you see through your mobile device in 27 languages. Simply opening the app and point the camera at text – a street sign, ingredient list, instruction manual, dials on a washing ...
Google adds 20 languages to instant translation app   THE BUSINESS TIMES
Google Translate update lets more travelers see the world in their language   The Borneo Post
Google's Real-Time Translation App Learns 20 Languages, Tweaks Voice Translator   Yibada (English Edition)
Slate Magazine (blog)   
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Firstpost   

Facebook now testing LinkedIn-style 'Profile Tags' for profile pages: Report   
Firstpost
Facebook will now take a few cues from LinkedIn. The social media giant is reportedly in the process of testing a new feature dubbed Profile Tags. With this new feature, users can add tags to their own profile or let friends add tags for you which must ...
Facebook is testing new tags for your profile page [Update]   The Next Web
Facebook testing LinkedIn-style personality tags on profile pages   Mashable
You've likely seen this new Facebook feature on another social network   Fortune

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Stuff.co.nz   

Reports shows Russians hackers used Twitter, photos to breach US computers   
Stuff.co.nz
Russian hackers used an exploit called Hammertoss, which uses several common websites, including Twitter, to relay commands and extract data from US government computers. Russian government-backed hackers who penetrated high-profile US ...

2015-07-30 Namibia Business

NBCNews.com   

MarketsAsian markets look past Fed, Chinese shares gain   
Financial Times
Major benchmarks around Asia were off to a good start on Thursday in the wake of the Federal Reserve signalling that it remains on course to lift interest rates this year. Japan's Nikkei was 1.4 per cent higher to 20,578.5 as it looked to end a four ...
US Federal Reserve inches closer towards rate increase   Economic Times
Asian Shares Higher After Fed Meeting; China Falls Slightly   Wall Street Journal
Wall Street ends higher after US Fed leaves investors unruffled   Financial Express
The Australian Financial Review   
Reuters Africa   
Reuters   
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2015-07-30 Namibia World

Sydney Morning Herald   

MH370: what the latest discovery tells us about the search for the missing ...   
Sydney Morning Herald
Questions surround the discovery of a piece of aircraft on Reunion Island, now widely believed to have come from the missing Malaysian airliner MH370. Here's what we know so far: 1. What washed up? Aviation experts have confirmed it is a piece of wing ...

2015-07-30 Namibia Africa

Irish Independent   

Cecil the lion's dentist killer pulls his clinic appointments   
Irish Independent
A dentist who has become the target of worldwide outrage for hunting and killing a protected lion in Zimbabwe has advised his patients to seek care elsewhere as he remained in hiding amid protests at his US clinic.
Cecil the Lion: Dentist rarely discussed hunting with patients   Firstpost
African hunting dreams collide with Cecil the lion protests   Financial Express
Cecil the lion: slaughter unleashes calls for ban on trophy hunting   Sydney Morning Herald
Reuters Africa   
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New Zimbabwe.com   

Zanu PF MP wants Kasukuwere disciplined   
New Zimbabwe.com
THE spat between former indigenisation minister, Saviour Kasukuwere and Justice Wadyajena reached tipping point Wednesday when the Gokwe-Nembudziya MP formally recommended disciplinary action against the top Zanu PF official. Wadyajena ...

2015-07-30 Namibia Namibia

Murray & Roberts Workers Unhappy   
AllAfrica.com
JUST a week after workers and management at Murray & Roberts at Tsumeb spent a day negotiating for better wages and working conditions, a boilermaker at the company contacted The Namibian to report unacceptable working conditions local workers are ...